New Warning System Might Have Saved Lives After Indonesian Earthquake Indonesia is recovering from a powerful earthquake and huge ocean waves that struck the island of Sulawesi on Friday. More than 800 people are reported dead. Some experts are wonde

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(十)月

Green Spaces May Help Reduce Crime, Depression in Poor Areas Keith Green has an unusual interest in empty, unused properties, even while he is on vacation. Recently, Green, an American, was visiting Shanghai, China. He went out for dinner when he dis

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'Free College' Programs May Not Help Neediest Students The idea of free higher education is not a new one in some parts of the world. But the idea has only recently increased in popularity in the United States as the cost of attending colleges and un

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Old Grammar Rules You Can Break Like many languages, English is constantly changing. And today it is changing faster than ever. Mobile phones, social media, increased travel and other things have connected the world more closely and changed how we sp

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Asking Someone About Their Job Have you ever wanted to ask someone in English about the kind of work they do but were unsure how? Many cultures have ways of doing this. Today on Ask a Teacher, our question comes from Azra in Turkey. Question: Is it p

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Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. On this program, we explore words and expressions in the English language. We also explain how they developed and how English speakers use them today. We try really hard to make this prog

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We present the second of three parts of the short story Benito Cereno. It was written by Herman Melville. Last week, we told how African slaves on a Spanish ship rebelled in seventeen ninety-nine. They killed most of the Spanish sailors. Only the cap

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We present the last of three parts of the short story Benito Cereno. It was written by Herman Melville. As we told you in earlier parts of our story, rebel slaves seized the ship San Dominick off the coast of Chile. They killed many of its officers a

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It is common to see many different kinds of insects while spending time outside in the summer. Some of these tiny creatures do not bother people and can even add beauty to the natural environment. Examples of these are insects like ladybugs, butterfl

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Puerto Rico Students Still Suffer Effects of Hurricane Maria One year has passed since Hurricane Maria struck the United States territory of Puerto Rico. But even before the storm hit, education officials had begun closing schools on Puerto Rico to s

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A new study has found that young babies learning languages through video materials do better with other babies around than they do alone. The study confirms earlier studies that found a childs learning can be greatly improved when it happens together

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As I ended the last part of my story, I was speaking of that terrible evening when I played cards with a young gentleman called Glendinning. We were in the room of one of my friends at Oxford University. I had just realized that the young man, weak o

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European, Japanese Spacecraft Begins Seven-Year Trip to Mercury European and Japanese space agencies have successfully launched a spacecraft as part of a joint effort to study Mercury, the closest planet to the sun. 欧洲和日本航天机构成功发

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Soap Invented by Indian Women May Save Lives One of the easiest ways to stop the spread of disease is to simply wash your hands. Twenty seconds of handwashing with soap and water can reduce illnesses and save lives. But, many people, especially child

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The English word foot has more than one meaning. In the United States, one meaning is a unit of measurement equal to 12 inches, or .3 meters. We use feet to measure height, length and short distances. Todays question is about when to use the plural o

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Study: Record Low Numbers of White, Christian Americans The number of Americans who identify as white and Christian now represents less than 50 percent of the United States population. 认定为白人和基督教徒的美国人数量目前不到美国人

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If you asked even the most knowledgeable Americans, they probably could not tell you more than a few meanings for the word so. It is an everyday word that most people use without even realizing its complexity. But this mysterious little word can act

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Minicars Popular among Japans Aging Drivers In Japan, very small automobiles traditionally were meant for families seeking a low-cost form of transportation. But these minicars, also known as kei-cars, have instead become popular with another group o

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'Face Blind' People Cannot Remember Faces From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. Some people are great at remembering faces. Once they meet you, they never forget how you look. They might say things like, I never forget a fac

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Britains Prince Harry is in Australia to open the fourth-ever Invictus Games. The international competition is for military members and veterans wounded in battle. Prince Harry, also known as the Duke of Sussex, helped start the event in 2014 after a

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